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Jilntered aet-ording to act of Congress in the year 1884. 

By J. F. LANlXd, 

In the office of the Ijibi-arian of Congress, Washington, D. C. 



PREFACE 



The growth of turf interests in the United States 
has been somewhat Tnarveloiis, and if properly • watched 
over its progress 'will be none the less so. But to attain 
the desired success; its abuses must be checked, and the 
greatestof care will be required of those who are identi- 
fied with the industry, both as breeders, and in conduct- 
ing public exhibitions of speed, upon th-e popularity: df 
which much of the value derived fi'oni the swiftness of 
the noble animal depends, i ^ ;• , 

This Bureau has beeii o'l'ganized to assist in the labo-rs 
that are ;reqni red. in this behalf, an (t its rules and,regu- 
lationS'aire constructed with a view of imp^irting psin'i.ty 
to speed contests, preventing frauds thereat,, and secuv- 
ing uniformity therein; elevating their moral tone, and 
increasing their popularity as a. sport and place of recre- 
ation and resort , for amuseuieiit, free froiv all possible 
examples of yice^ trickery, and iinnioral tendencies. ^. 

These qua,lities lie at the bottom of their public favc^r 
or disfavor, and upon them depends their patronage and 
ultimate success. , , •,'■;( 

The Bureau is not gotten^ up in^antagonijsni to any as- 
sociatio,u having, the sar;ne or siniilar objects, in yie\Y. 
It only seeks, with rules modified' to better suit their 
condition, to extend the benefits of protective organi/a- 



IV PREFACE 

tion to the Fairs, a class of societies that have heretofore 
mostly been without the benefits of co-operation in this 
particular, as out of about 1,200 fairs in the United 
States annually, the National Trotting Association has 
not had to exceed 208 members in any year, the larger 
part of which were associations devoted exclusively to 
racing. 

Its general features may be summarized briefly as 
follows : 

The identification, so far as possible, of the interests 
of horsemen and the members, securing harmony and 
promoting the mutual desire of each to assist the other 
in advancing the welfare of both. 

The legislative and elective branches of the business" 
are conducted on a plan believed to be original with it ; 
that of designating preferences by a sealed vote forward- 
ed by mail, to be canvassed and the result de- 
clared by the National Couit, elected by the members, 
thus extending to each member the right of franchise, 
pure, and without the expense of sending a delegate on 
a lengthy trip to vote at headquarters or be unrepresent- 
ed or liable to be misrepresented by a proxy vote. 

To this is added an official paper, conveying regular- 
ly to each member full information of the workings of 
the Bureau and the movements of its members. 

One of the most just, and most common complaints of 
lionest turfmen and race-loving and going people, has 
been against "ringers," and the entry by dishonest 
horsemen of animals in classes much slower than where 
they belong, making the contests so very unequal as to 
detract much from the interest that would otherwise be 
manifested in them. To enable members to know abso- 
lutely the class in which the time credited to a horse 
places him, the provision enacted for the issue of an 
Identification Certificate to horsemen, acting as a cre- 
dential for this purpose, is here inaugurated and it is 



PREFACE. V 

believed that its general enforcement will be very potent 
in putting an end to this objectional practice. 

To encourage horsemen to attend the smaller race 
meetings, the rigor of the rule forbidding conditional 
entries may be relaxed, and a member may take "reserv- 
ed entries" so that a horse once entered may be entered 
for a subsequent race at the same meeting, and by the 
nominator specifying that the entry is reserved, he is 
only held for the payment of one-half of the entry fee. 
This provision is only the carrying of the principle 
adopted last year at Chicago, and becoming popular with 
our prominent race courses, making a portion of the fee, 
one-half payable in advance, and the remaining one-half 
relieved from in case the nominator does not w'ish to 
start the entry. 

The Rules and Regulations have been compiled from 
such rules as have been suggested by years of experience 
in racing to be the most properly adapted to the ends 
sought, and do not differ generally from those of the 
National Trotting Association, except in the order of ar- 
rangement, the plan here employed being to take up each 
topic, complete it, and follow the methodical form of ar- 
ranging them in the same order as the events naturally 
occur at a meeting. Order is thus brought out of chaos, 
and reference facilitated. For the latter purpose the 
catch words giving the substantive part of each rule, in 
black^type at its beginning, are employed, and to enable 
the reader to refer at once to the rules of the National 
Association, and point out any difference that may exist 
in the two, each rule contains a reference to the corre- 
sponding rule of that Association. 

Ample Courts are provided for the adjudication of all 
disputes arising, so constituted that one may be readily 
convened, and a hearing had at any point, ensuring the 
accused an impartial trial, of all cases brought before 
them, without the delay or expense that amounts to a de- 
nial of justice. 



,VI I'BEFAVE. 

As the races at most meetings are of a mixed charac- 
ter, the rules governing runfring races, so little known 
and difficult to obtain heretofore, are here given, as well 
as those applying to trotting and pacing contests. 

The executive branch of the work is done through the 
Bureau, with every kind of arrogance and extravgance 
avoided, and every branch of the business conducted 
with the utmost simplicity. All unnecessary formality 
and detail have been dispensed with, and the exactions 
in the way of reports heretofore made, have been much 
relaxed by the adoption of a system of labor saving 
blanks, to meet the requirements of the Bureau and for 
publication. 

Lastly and not least, it may be said that the member- 
ship fee is put at a sum only necessary to meet the ex- 
pense of conducting the business properly, and within 
the reach of every fair or racing association. The solic- 
itation for membership and support believed to be mer- 
ited, is extended to every individual and society under 
whose management races are to be conducted. 
_ Norwalk, Ohio, April 1, 1884. 



¥h8 Matienal 9ml BuFsau. 



OB JECTS.— The objects sought to be secured by the 
establishment of this Bureau, are the harmonizing of the 
interests of turf and turfmen, the promotion of the 
welfare of American horse breeding and racing, the se" 
curing of uniformit\' in speed contests at Agricultural 
Fairs and public races, and the prevention, detection and 
punishment of frauds arising thereat. 

PLACE OF BUSINESS.— The business in this be- 
half is transacted at Nor walk, Ohio, and all communica- 
tions should be addressed to the The National Tuuf 
BuuEAU, at that place. 

31EMBERSHIP.— All applications for membership 
shoiild be in writing, signed by the President or Secre- 
tary of the Society or Association desiring admission, and 
give a list of their officers, which must also be given up- 
on renewal of membership each year. 

FEES.— The fee for membership, including outfits, 
to be paid annually on or before April 15, is as follows : 
First Grade— To Societies offering premiums in 

any one year, not exceeding $500, 810. 

Second Grade— Exceeding $500, and not exceed- 
ing $1,500 15. 

Third Grade— Exceeding |1, 500, and not exceed- 
ing $2,500 25. 

Fourth Grade— Exceeding $2,500, and not exceed- 
ing $5,000 35. 

Fifth C>*/ade— Exceeding $5,000 50. 



2 THE NATIONAL TUKF BUREAU. 

DISTRICTS.— In order to better secure the objects 
of the establishment of this Bureau, twelve districts are 
hereby created and designated as follows : 

1. The New England States. 

2. New York, Quebec and New Brunswick. 

3. Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 

4. The Atlantic States and District of Columbia. 

5. Tennessee, Arkansas and the Gulf States. 

6. Ohio and West Virginia. 

7. Michigan and Ontario. 

8. Indiana and Kentucky. 

9. Illinois. 

10. Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakota and Mani- 
toba. 

11. Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. 

12. The Pacific States and remaining Territories. 

Courts. — Two courts are established for the adjudica- 
tion of all questions arising under the rules and regula- 
tions governing speed contests ; one a district court, con- 
sisting of one judge, residing in tTie district, known as 
the District Court, and having jurisdiction of all questions 
arising within the district relative to the action of the 
judges of any race, or the action of members in relation 
thereto; and the other a National Court, consisting of 
three judges, having appellate and final jurisdiction of 
all questions passed upon by the district courts, and 
original jurisdiction of all complaints against members 
wherein their conduct is brought in question. 

Term of Office. — The district judges hold their offices 
for one year, and the national judges each for three years. 

Election of Judges. — At any time in the month of 
November, each year, any member may make a nomina- 
tion of one person to fill the office of District Judge of the 
district in which they are located, and of a person for 
National Judge. Such nominations must be in writing, 
addi'essed to the Bureau, and containing the place of res- 
idence of the proposed candidates and the offices for 
which they are named. Thereupon a printed list of all 



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the nominations will be prepared, published and sent to 
each of the members. Within ten days after the first 
day of January following such notice, each member may 
select one person from the list of nominations for Judge 
in their district, and one from the nominations for Na- 
tional Judge, reduce such choice to writing and seal the 

same in an envelope, and endorse the same vote of , 

giving the name and address of the member, enclose such 
envelope in another, and address the same to the Bureau. 
On the last Monday of January following, the votes re- 
ceived will be opened and canvassed in the presence of 
the judges of the National Court, and the result declared. 
AIL vacancies of district judges are to be filled by ap- 
pointment by tlie National Court, and in case of a vacan- 
cy occurring in the latter court, the remaining members 
fill the same until the next election, when a judge will 
be elected for the unexpired term. 

AiiiPiidinonts.— At the time of making the nomina- 
tions for judges, any member may propose amendments 
to the rules and regulations governing speed contests, 
first securing the endorsement of the proposed amend- 
ment by two other members of the Bureau, and they will 
be subTuitted for adoption or rejection by vote, at the 
same time as the nominations for judges, and the result 
canvassed and declared in the same manner. 

Ideiitiflcatioii Certificates.— Any person desiring 
to engage in the speed contests for purses offered by 
members of this Bureau, may file a statement with the 
Bureau, made under oath, and endorsed by one or more 
acquaintances (members preferred) of the applicant, giv- 
ing the same description of his horse or horses to be en- 
tered in such contests, as required when the same is to 
be entered in a race, and the slowest class to which such 
horse or horses may be eligible. Upon the filing of such 
statement, and the payment of a recording fee of fifty 
cents, an Identification Certificate will be issued to the 
applicant, showing the facts given relative to such horse" 



4 THE NATIONAL TURF BUREAU. 

or horses. Such certificate shall be taken by the mem- 
bers of the Bureau as evidence of the existence of such 
facts at the date of the certificate, and wlienever any 
animal shall engage in a race over the course of a mem- 
ber, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the associa- 
tion or society, upon application by the owner or driver 
of the animal, at any time after the close of the race, to 
endorse on the certificate the best time of such horse, and 
and whether a bar or not when a heat has been won, 
and if no heats be won, that fact, and date and sign the 
same. Such certificates are good for the year in which 
they are issued unless sooner revoked, and when a cer- 
tificate has once been revoked, it is optional with the 
Bureau whether another be issued. 

Any member, after having published the fact along 
with the conditions of the races, may refuse to allow a 
horse to start in the races, not having the certificate 
aforesaid; but shall not be allowed to retain the entrarce 
fee. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS 



FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF SPEED CONTESTS. 



(The figures in parenthesis refer to the National Trotting Associa- 
tion Rules upon the same subject.) 

1. Mandate — All speed engagements upon the 
course of any proprietor, society or association liaving 
membership in tlie Bure ;u, sliall be conducted according 
to these rules and regulations, and such fact shall be 
printed upon the program of its engagements (1, 1-6, 7) 
with the published conditions of the race or races, and it 
shall be tlie duty of each member to see that the same 
are rigidly enforced, and the exhibitions taking place 
upon their courses are conducted fairly, with integrity, 
and free from all degrading influences. (Art. XII-1, 2) 

2. Leng^th of CoiirsP- — Each member shall furnish 
the Bureau with the statement of a competent civil en- 
gineer or other person, who shall certify, under oath, the 
exact length of their track, measured just three feet from 
the pole,that is, from the inside fence or ditch. These 
certificates must be indorsed by the President and Secre- 
tary of the course, and will be placed upon the records 
of the Bureau. (Art. XVIIT, 1.) 

NOMENCLATURE 

3. Names of Horses. — Every horse must be known 
by some distinct name, which shall not be changed after 
his having been in a public engagement under such 
name, unless such change shall have been placed upon 
the records of the Bureau, as is provided herein, and 
such horse shall be disqualified to engage in a race until 
such record is made. Such titles as "No Name," "Bay 
Mare," "Unknown," &c., are not deemed as names. 
(6-4, G, 7.) 

4. A breeii Horse. — A gieen horse is one that has 
never engaged in a race for a premium, purse, or wager. 



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5. A Horse's AffP. — The age of a horse shall be 
reckoned from the first day of January of the year of 
foaling. (53) 

RACES, CONDITIONS, &C. 

6. Hoats, «S:c. — Unless otherwise specified in the 
published conditions, all races shall be mile heats, best 
three in five, in harness, and to sulky. (57-1, 59-1.) 

7 Conditions. — All races shall be conducted ac- 
cording to the published conditions without change or 
deviation, except such as are provided for herein. (3-3) 

8. ''(to as They Please." — Such perfoimances shall 
be in harness, to wagon, or under the saddle, as the.own- 
er of the horse may choose, but no change in the mode 
of going shall be made after the hoi'ses appear on the 
track. (58) 

9. SAveepstakes.— A sweepstakes race is one the 
prize for which is the aggregate of the entrance fees, or 
stakes which the nominators agree to deposit, alone, or 
in addition to a purse offered for the race. 

10. Handicaps. — A handicap race is one in which 

the horses are weighted according to their merits, as es- 
timated by the handicapper. 

11. A Purse Race- — A purse race is one for a sum 

of money, or other prize, offerred for the race. 

12. Match Races. — In all match races these rules 
fhall govern, unless the contrary be expressly stipulated 
and assented to by the member over whose course the 
race is to come off. (11) 

13. "Play or Pay."- In all matches made to come 
I ff over the course of any member, the parties shall 
] lace the amount of the match in the hands of the stake- 
holder one day before the event (Sunday omitted) is to 
come off, at such time and place as the member shall de- 
termine, and the race shall then become "play or pay." 
(12) 

14. Horses Sold with Eng:a^eraents.— Xo seller 
(fa horse with his engagements shall be allow^ed to strike 
lim out of a race, but in case of private sale, a written 
; cknowledgement of such sale, from the seller, is neces- 
; ary to the enforcement of this rule. (61) 



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ELIGIBILITY. 

1 5. Starting But One Hotse. — Not more than one 
horse trained in the same stable for a period of ten days 
previous to the race, or owned or controlled wholly or 
partly by the same person, shall be eligible to start in the 
same race, but this shall not preclude their being entered. 
(8-1) 

16. Discriniinatioiis. — Unless otherwise specified, 
all colts and fillies shall be alike eligible to races for 
their ages. (54) 

17. Time Digqualif cation. — Ko horse shall be 
eligible in any class, that has beaten the time of the 
class, in whole sect<nds, at the same distance, or pro 
rata for a longer distance, "prior to the close of the en- 
tries, unless otherwise specified. (5-1,2) 

ENTRIES. 

18. Time of Closing— Entries for stakes and 
horses to be named at the post shall close at tlie hour 
fixed for the race, and those for purses and premiums at 
11 o'clock p. M. of the day mentioned, unless otherwise 
specified. (2-3) 

19. Nominations. — Persons desiring to enter a horse 
for any premium offered by any member of this Bureau 
must furnish the Secretary of the course, or other 
authorized person, before the hour of closing the entries, 
with a written statement, containing the following: (6) 

1. The name of the horse. 

2. Its color. 

3. Its sex. 

4. The name and address of the owaier or owners of 
the animal. 

5. When the nominator is not the owner, his name 
and address must be given. 

20. Horses Name Changed.— When the name of 
a horse has been changed within two years, each name 
that he has borne during that time must be given, and 
if a horse has trotted in a public race without a name, 
mention must be made in the entry of a sufficient num- 
ber of his most recent performances to identify the ani- 
mal. (6-.5) Whoever violates the provisions of this rule 
shall be fined $100 and he and the horse shall be sus- 
pended until the fine is paid. (0-4) 



8 RULES AKD REOULATIONS. 

21. Identiiioatioii Marks.— In stating color and 
sex, an}^ other niaiks or facts necessary to identification 
should be stated, and the names of sire and dam given 
nnless unknown, wliich must be stated, or tliey may be 
rejected. (6-2, 3) 

22. Dtmble Teams. — In entering double teams each 
liorse nmst be entered as is provided for entering single 
liorses. (C-8j 

23 When Entries Must be Made.— No entry 
shall be deemed as made until it is actually received by 
the Secretary or his authorized agent, and no entry 
shall be received after the hour of closing unless it be 
one nuide by a letter mailed and bearing date on the da}"^ 
of closing, and the member has had actual notice of such 
entry by telegram, received at the office of sending before 
such hour of closing, or other written notice before such 
time, stating the name, color and sex of the horse, the 
class, and the 'residence oC the party making the entry. 
(2-1,2) 

24. Eiltraiue Fees. — The entrance fees shall be ten 
per cent, of the purse on each horse named for a race, 
without regard to the conditions attached to the entry by 
the nominator, or the fact that the entry may not be 
complete, or conform to these I'ules, but wlien a member 
so stipulate in the published conditions of the races, a 
horse which has already been named in one race may be 
named for others occurring at the same meeting, and in 
case the nominator so stipulates on the entry by the word 
"reserved," should he not desire to start the animal in 
the race, where reserved he shall be liable for only one 
half the entry fee in such race. Societies so providing 
should say ; one half of entry fee remitted on reserved 
entries. (3, 1) 

25. Liability for Fees.— Both the nominator and 
owner shall be liable for entrance fees [3-1], except the 
horse or party die before the race, in which case they 
shall be released, unless it be a forfeit or a race made 
'•play or pay." (10) 

26. When Payment Required. — Nominations for 
premiums may be rejected unless accompanied by the en- 
trance money, and no sweestakes nomination shall be 
privileged to compete unless the payments have been 
made according to the conditions. (2-4) 



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27. Liability for Noii- Payment of F^e:v-Any 

person failiii'^' to pay his entrance fees, or in stake races 
ills declaration, forfeit, or entrance, may, togethei* witli 
his horse or horses, be suspended until they are paid in 
full, with the addition of ten per cent, penalty with in- 
terest at seven per cent, per annum, until paid, the pen- 
alty to gfo to the Bureau. But no suspension for non- 
payment of dues as aforesaid, shall be made in a class 
wherein the horse was permitted to start. Nor in any 
case, excHpt within one week from the close of the meet- 
{n<r. (3-1,2) 

28. Colliisi'm PiinislKMl. — Any member who shall 
make a collusive arrangement to allow a nominator priv- 
ileo;es different from the published ones, shall upon sat- 
isfactory evidence thereof beino- p -oduced to the Nation- 
al Court, be fined in the sum of .^100, one half to go to 
the informant, and the balance to the Bureau,'and upon 
a second conviction of a like character, the member shall 
be expelled, (o-o) 

29. Fraudulent Rnti'ies.— Whoever shall make a 
fraudulent entry of a horse, or disguise a horse with in- 
tent to conceal its identity, or shall piint or disguise a 
horse so as to represent another horse, or shall knowing- 
ly enter a horse it a class where he does not belong, or 
exhibit a fraudulent Identification Certificate, shall be 
expelled. (U-1, 2) 

BO. Raises Pilled. — Unless otherwise specified, a 
race shall be filled if five or more entries have been made 
and there are three to start. Reserved entries, if so des- 
ignated on the list of entries (Rule 32), do not count un- 
less the horses are to start. (4) 

31. Unfilled Races. — Unless otherwise specified, 
when five entries are required to fill, in case there are 
not five but three, all of which will start, the member 
may retain two-fifths of the purse, or one-fifth in case 
there are four to start, or shall allow those having made 
the entries to fill the purse, paying the entries that are 
wanting to make five, and in case the purse be reduced 
for four horses, the remaining money shall be divided, 
1st 50 per cent., 2d 25 i)er cent., 3d 15 per cent., 4lh 10 
percent. And in case the race be by three horses, the 
purses having been reduced or having been filled, the 
same shall be divided 50 per cent., 30 per cent, and 20 
per cent. 



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32. List of Entries.— Each member shall prepare a 
list of the entries as soon as practical after they close, 
for inspection of parties interested, and for publication 
when convenient. Such list shall contain such informa- 
tion as is necessary for the enlightenment of the public 
and the parties to the race, as to the horses to engage 
therein, and other points connected therewith. (2-5) 

PREPARATIONS FOR THE RACES. 

33. Officers of the Course.— The officers of the 
course shall be as follows : 

1. Three Judges of the race. 

2. One Distance Judge. 

3. One Clerk of the Course. 

34. Selection of Officers.— Eveiy member, before 
the commencement of a race, shall select three persons 
understanding the rules of racing, and otherwise compe- 
tent, to act as Judges for the day or race (25-1). In 
all heat races the member shall also select one Distance 
Judge, and in case they fail to make such selection the 
same may be done by the judges of the race (27-1, 2), 
and said judges may appoint one or more Patrol Judges 
■whenever they deem it advisable. 

35- Who Eligible. — No one who is under suspen- 
sion or has been expelled by the Bureau or any of its 
members, or has any interest in the result af a race or 
• any horse therein, or any bet dependent thereon, shall 
be eligible to act as judge of a race. (25-2) 

36. Clerk of the Course. — Each member shall fur- 
nish a competent person, known as Clerk of the Course, 
to make the record required of the race, and who shall 
assist the judges in assigning the positions of the horses 
at the start, in weighing their riders and drivers and in 
placing the horses at the finish of the race, and other 
similar duties whenever requested by them so to do. He 
shall also note the time when the heats are finished and 
shall notify the judges or ring the bell at the expiration 
of the time allowed between the heats. (Art. 13-1,2) 

37. Horses Drawn. — A horse may be drawn by 
telegraph or notice in writing, given to the President or 
Secretary of the course, on or before 7 o'clock p. m. of 
the day preceeding the race, (Sunday excepted) and after 
such notice the horse shall be ineligible to start in the 



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race, and when a party has two or more entries in a race 
he shall elect which horse he will start, and give a like 
notice of the decision. Horses shall not be drawn at any 
other time except by the permission of the judges, but in 
no case shall the drawing of a horse absolve the nomina- 
tor, or other person held for the same, from the payment 
of liis entries. Whoever violates this i-ule may be fined 
in any sum not exceeding ^100, or both he and the horse 
may be suspended or expelled. (17-1, 2) 

38. Protests. — Whenever it is thouglit by anyone 
interested in a race, that a horse or party is not eligible 
to take part in the same, a protest may be made, verbally 
if before or during the race ; but it shall be reduced to 
writing, and shall contain at least one specific charge, 
and when required, a statement of the nature of the evi- 
dence upon which it is based, and all protests shall be fil- 
ed with the judges,or member before the close of the meet- 
ing; and the protesting party shall be allowed to file ad- 
ditional charges with the evidence. (16-1) 

89. Answer of Protest.— In every case of protest 
the judges shall require the rider or driver, and the own- 
er or owners, if present, to immediately answer the 
protest under oath, and in case of their refusal to do so, 
the horse shall not be allowed to start or continue in that 
race, unless the judges believe the refusal is designed to 
favor a fraud, but shall be declared ruled out with fo*r- 
feiture of entrance money. But if such party produce a 
proper Identification Certificate, he shall not be compelled 
to answer any charges which may be controverted by the 
facts stated in such certificate. The answer may be in 
the following form : (16-2, 5) 

ANSWER OF PROTEST. 

I, , of , in the county of , State 

of , testifiy on oath that I am the of 

the called , the same entered in a 

race for horses that have never beaten , to take 

place this day, on this course, and to the best of my 
knowledge and belief said horse is eligible to start or 
compete in said race, and I fully believe that all of the 
conditions and provisions required, relating to the said 
race, were fully and honestly complied with in making 
the entry of the said animal. (And if the claim be that 
the horse is not the same as mentioned in the Identifica- 
tion Certificate presented by the party, add) And that 



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said horse is the identical one for which Identification 
Certificate No was granted. 

Signed at , this .... day of , A. D. 

1 88 . . ". 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this .... day of 

...., A. D. 188.. 

Justice of the Peace. 

In the absence of an officer authorized by law to ad- 
minister the oath, it may be done by an officer of the as- 
sociation, or one of the judges of the race, and the oath 
so administered shall be sufficient for purposes of tlie 
case. (16-9) 

40. GoUig Un(]ei' Protest. — Whenever a party shall 
make the answer above required, unless the judges find 
evidence sufficient to warrant them in excluding the horse 
from the race, they shall allow him to start or continue 
in the race under protest, and such premium as may be 
won by the horse, if any, may be retained for a period of. 
three weeks to allow the parties interested a chance to 
sustain the allegations of the protest, or to furnish infor- 
mation that will warrant the investigation of the matter 
by the member or the District Court, and if the said per- 
iod of three weeks elapse without steps being taken to 
sustain the protestor furnish the information, the member 
may proceed as if no such action had been taken. (16-3) 

41. Withdrawinf*' Protests. — No protest shall be 
withdrawn or surrendered before the expiration of the 
said three weeks without the consent of the member, and 
in case such consent be given with a corrupt motive to 
favor any party who is, or may be, affected by the same, 
the member so giving the consent shall be expelled from 
all the privileges of the Bureau. (16-7) 

42. Falsf' Protests.— Whoever protests a horse 
falsely and without cause, or merely with intent to em- 

. barrass a race, shall be fined not exceeding $100 or sus- 
pended or expelled at the discretion of the court. (16-6) 

43. PoritponPiiients. — In case of unfavorable weath- 
er or other unavoidable cause, either before or after a 
race has commenced, any member shall have the power 
to postpone all purses and races to which they have con- 
tributed money, upon giving notice thereof, to the next 
fair day and good track, Sunday omitted. (18) 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 13 

44. Weights. — Where time is to be a bar, and un- 
less otherwise specified, each horse starting in a trotting 
or pacing race for a purse, sweepstakes or match, shall car- 
ry weiglits as follows : 

If to wagon or sulky, 150 pounds, exclusive of harness. 

If under the saddle, 145 pounds, including the saddle 
and whip. (20-1) ' 

45- VV>?]u;lilug — Previous to tha starting of any 
race the riders or drivers shall weigli in tlie presence of 
one or more of the ju<lges, and those who do not weigh 
the number of pounds they are required to carry in the 
race shall make up the deficiency by can-ying such sub- 
stance as the judges may approve of, and such riders or 
drivers shall also reweigh as they disuiount at the close 
of each heat, and in case they do not bring in with them 
the required additional substance they shall be distanced, 
unless such a decision would be deemed to favor a fraud. 
(20-2) (28-1) 

46. Accidents and Mistakes in Weijj:hts.— Wheu 

ever a rider or driver is dismounted by force fiom his 
horse or vehicle after having passed the winning post, if 
disabled he may be carried to the judges' stand and weigh- 
ed, and the judges may take the circumstances into consid- 
eration and decide accordingly. Whenever there has been 
no deception on the part of a rider or driver, and the judges 
shall by mistake approve of a weight to be carried which 
shall be deficient, and the same shall be so carried and 
brought home, there shall be no penalty, but the party 
shall carry the required weight in all heats after the er- 
ror is discovered. (20-2) 

47. Weights in Handicaps and Matches.— In all 

handicaps or matches where extra or lesser weights are 
to be carried, the judges shall carefully examine before 
starting whether the riders or drivers or vehicles are of 
such weights as have been agreed upon or required by 
the match or handicap, and thereafter the riders and dri- 
vers shall be subject to the same penalties and conditions 
as if they were to carry the weights prescribed in these 
rules. (21) 

48. Overweights. — If any rider or driver shall 
weigh to exceed 20 pounds over the weight prescribed in 
these rules, it shall be announced from the stand before 
the heat ; and if in the opinion of the judges such weight 



14 EULE3 AND REGULATIONS. 

was imposed upon the horse for an improper or fraudu- 
lent purpose, they shall have power to substitute another 
of suitable weight, and if they believe the horse has been 
])rejudiced in the race by such overweight, he shall not 
be allowed to start again or continue in the race, but 
shall bedeclaied ruled out, and all bets on such horse 
may be declared off. (22) 

49. Length of Whips. — No rider or driver will be 
allowed a whip to exceed the following lengths, exclusive 
of snajiper, which may be 3 inches additional; saddle 
horses, 2 feet 10 inches ; sulkies, 4 feet 8 inches ; wag- 
ons, 5 feet 10 inches ; double teams, 8 feet 6 inches ; tan- 
dem teams and four-in-hand, unlimited. (23) 

THE race: 

50. The Judges' Stand. — None but the judges of 
the race and their assistants shall be allowed to remain 
in the stand during any heat. (24:) 

51. Authority of Judges. — The judges shall have 
'complete control of the horses in each race over which 

they preside, and their riders, drivers, and assistants, and 
they shall have authority to determine all questions of 
fact relating to the race, and any matters of difference be- 
tween parties, and such contingent matters as shall arise, 
not provided for. But their decisions shall be in strict 
conformity to these rules and the principles upon which 
they are founded. They shall have the power to inflict 
the fines and penalties prescribed in these rules, and in 
the absence of other provision, they shall have the power 
to punish by fine not exceeding $100, or by suspension 
or expulsion, any person who shall fail to obey their or- 
ders or the rules. (26) 

52. Calling the Horses.— Unless otherwise pro- 
vided, all races shall be started at 2 o'clock, P. M. from 
April 1st to September 15th, and after that at 1 o'clock, 
P. M., until the season closes. ('56) The judges shall be in 
the stand at least 15 minutes before the time announced 
for the starting of the race, and at ten minutes previous 
thereto they shall ring the bell to notify the parties to 
appear for the race. (28-1, 2) As soon as the horses are 
thus called, each rider or driver shall immediately pre- 
pare for the race and aijpear at the stand ready for the 
start without unnecessary delay, and thereupon the track 
shall be vacated by all other horses, so as to give those 
engaged in the race the exclusive right to it until the heat 



RULES AND REGULATIONS, 15 

is over. (33-5) Any rider or driver failing to obey this 
summons may be punished by a fine 6f not exceeding 
SlOO, or his horses may be ruled out by the judges and 
considered drawn, but in all stake matches a failure to 
appear promptly at the appointed time shall render the 
delinquent party liable to forfeit. (28-2) 

53. Identity Established— Whenever a nomina- 
tor is personally unknown to the officers of a course, if 
required, or if his entry is protested, he shall establish 
his identity and that of" his horse by his Identification 
Certificate or by sufficient evidence or references, and if 
he shall fail to satisfy the judges in regard to such iden- 
tity before or after tlie start, all pools and bets on such 
horse may be declared oif , which shall be publically an- 
nounced "^by them from the stand, and if the identity of 
such horse shall not be established within twenty-one 
days thereafter, he shall be barred from winning, a,nd 
any premium which might be awarded said horse which 
is not distributable under these rules to any other horse 
in the race, shall go to the member and the Burea u in 
equal proportions. (7-3) 

54. Decorum.— Whoever, being the owner, trainer, 
rider, driver, or attendant of any horse, or i& in anywise 
connected therewith, or any other person, who shall use 
any improper or offensive language to the officers "of an 
association or a course, or shall be guilty of Any improp- 
er conduct, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding 
^100, or by suspension or expulsion. (46) 

55. Passing to the Left.— The rule of the track is 
that all horses in meeting shall pass to the left. (33-4) 

56. Drawing for Positions— As soon as the horses 
appear on the the track the judges shall -draw for their 
positions in the race and place them accordingly, and 
thereupon notify each rider or driver of the pobition to 
which he has been assigned. (28) 

57. Scorinj?. — When a start shall not be satisfactory 
to the judges, they shall tap the bell or give other signal, 
and thereupon the hoises in the race shall immediately 
be turned and jogged back for a fresh start. (29-1 ) Af- 
ter the first scoring the judges shall select one of the con- 
tending horses to score by, the pole horse being preferred 



16 RULES AMD REGULATIONS. 

when suitable, and in scoring each horse shall keep the 
position to which he has been assigned. And if any ri- 
der or driver who shall willfullj^ hold back or come up in 
advance of the horse selected to score by, or otherwise 
violates this rule, the judges may give the word without 
regard to the position or absence of the offending horse, 
and may fine such offender not exceeding |100, or punish 
h'un by suspension or expulsion, and the fine imposed col- 
lected at once. (29-2, 4) 

58. Spom;'in^. — Xo di-iver shall be allowed to sponge 
out his horse or horses oftener than once in five times 
scoring. (29-3) 

59. Starting"; — No standing starts shall be given. 
When the judges desire to send the horses off they shall 
give the starting word "Go" from their stand (29-5), and 
after such word is given there shall be no recalling, and 
all of the horses shall be deemed to have started in a 
race when the word is given in the first heat, provided 
however that if the judges shall give a signal for recall 
in any heat througli error, after having given the word, 
distance shall be waived in that heat except for foul dri- 
ving. ^29-1) 

60. Horsf'S Breaking. — AVhen any horse or horses? 
shall break from their gait in trotting or pacing, their 
rider or driver shall at once pull them to the gait at 
which they were to go in the race, and if anj^^ party shall 
fail to comply with this requirement, and shall come out 
ahead, the heat shall be given to the next best horse, and 
in any case the party so failing to comply shall be placed 
last in the heat, and the judges may distance the offend- 
ing horse fSO-l), but a horse breaking near the score shall 
be subject to no greater penalty than on any other part 
of the track. (30-5) Offenders under this rule may be 
fined not to exceed $100, or by suspension not exceeding 
one year. (30-1) 

01. Gains in Br^^akiilg. — Should the rider or dri- 
ver comply with the provisions of the last rule and a 
horse having gained by a break, besides the other penal- 
ties that may be imposed for running, twdce the distance 
so gained shall be taken from him at the come out. [30,2] 

62. Repeated Breaking;.— In any trotting race if 
a horse break repeatedly, while another horse is trotting, 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 17 

the jiitlges shall punish the horse so offending by placing 
him last in the heat, and to better determine what breaks 
are made during the progress of a heat, it shall be the 
duty of one of the judges to call out every break, desig- 
nating by colors or name the horse making it, and the 
character of the break, and tlie judge or an assistant 
shall make, a note of the same in writing. (30-3, 4.) 

03 Positions and Conduct on the Track.— A 

leading horse is entitled to any part of the track, except 
on the home stretch ; but no horse shall chajige from 
right to left or from the inner to the outer, or outer to 
the inner side of the track duiing any part of a race 
when another horse is so near him that in altering his 
position he compels the horse behind him to shorten his 
stride, or causes the rider or driver of such other horse 
to pull him out of his stiide, neither shall any rider or 
.driver or horse, cross, jostle or strike any other horse, ri- 
der or. driver, nor swerve or do anything that impedes 
his progress during a heat ; nor shout or make any other 
improper noise or make any improper use of the whip 
(47), nor shall any horse passing a leading horse take 
his track so soon after getting the lead as to cause the 
horse passed to shorten his stride. (29-10) 

64 The Honif'stretch. — In coming onton the home- 
stretch the foremost horse or horses shall keep the posi- 
tions first selected, or be liable to be distanced, and any 
horse shall be allowed to pass on the inside or anywhere 
on the stretch when it can be done without interfering with 
others. And any party interfering to pi-event another 
horse from so passing, shall be distanced, and if any 
hor.se in attempting to pass another on the home stretch 
should at any time cross or swerve so as to impede 
the progress of the horse behind him he shall not be en- 
titled to win the heat. (29-8, 9) 

65. Penalties. — Whoever violates the provisions of 
Rules 63 and 64 shall be punished by having his horse 
placed behind all of the others placed in that heat and if 
the impropriety was intentional the horse may be dis- 
tanced, and the rider or driver shall be suspended or ex- 
pelled. (29-11) Ko warning shall be neccessary on the 
part of the judges before inflicting the fines or penalties 
for violation of such rules. (29-6) 

66. Dismount inff. — After each heat no rider or 



18 RULES AND KEaULATIONS. 

driver shall dismount or leave his vehicle without 
permission of the judges, but a rider or driver thrown or 
taken by force from his horse or vehicle shall not be con- 
sidered as having so dismounted. (20-2) 

67. Complaints. — AH complaints by riders and 
drivers of any foul riding or driving, or other misconduct, 
must be made at the termination of the heat, and before 
the rider or driver dismounts or leaves his vehicle. (45) 
And no complaint of foul shall be noticed by the 
judges except from the owners, riders, drivers, and dis- 
tance and patrol judges. (28-4) 

68 Pulling. — If the judges believe that a horse is 
being or has been "pulled" or has been ridden or driven 
in otlier respects improperly, with a design to prevent 
him from winning a heat that he was evidently able to 
win, and that such act was done on the part of the rider 
or driver for the purpose of throwing the race, or to per- 
petrate or aid a fraud, they shall have power to substitute 
a competent and reliable rider or driver who shall be paid 
a reasonable compensation for his services but not to ex- 
ceed $50, which shall be paid by the meniber, and the 
member may retain the amount paid, if any from the 
purse, if any, which said substituted rider or driver may 
win: and any professional rider or driver who, without 
good and sufficient reason, refuses to be so substituted, 
may be fined suspended or expelled, by oider of the 
judges and upon approval of the National Court; and 
the judj^cs may declare such heat void, if it be a deciding 
heat of the race, and if the result and circumstances of 
the race confirm their belief, tlie rider or driver so re- 
moved >hall be expelled by the judges. If the owner, or 
per.^on or persons controlling the offending horse shall be 
a party or parties to such fiaud, he or they, together with 
the horse, shall be punished by expulsion. (28-5) 

69. Fouls and Frauds— If any act or thing shall 
be done by the owner, rider, driver, or their horse or 
horses, during a race or in connection therewith, which 
these rules define or warrant the judges in deciding to be 
fraudulent or foul, or any owner, trainer, driver, rider or 
attendant of a horse, or other person, shall be guilty of 
any act of a fraudulent nature, or of any unprincipled 
conduct tending to debase the character of the trot- 
ting turf in the estimation the public, or be found 



RULES AND REGULATIONF, 19 

guilty of dosing or tampering with a horse, engag- 
ed or entered therein (141), the judges shall have power 
to fine in the sum of |U>0 or less, or suspend or expel the 
ofeender. and in case of foul riding or driving they shall 
distance the offending horse, unless they believe such 
action shall favor a fraud (48), and they may declare all 
pools and bets off in cases of fraud, and no appeal shall 
be allowed from their decision in this respect. (26) 

70. Time in Case of Ad ideiits — In case of acci- 
dents at least ten minutes shall be given for repairs. (34) 

71, CollisioilS — In case of collision and break down, 
whether willful or otherwise, the party causing the same 
may be distanced, aiid if the judges find that the collision 
was intentional or designed to aid a fraud, tiie driver in 
fault shall be forthwith susp^^nded or expelled, and his 
horse may be distanced, but if necessary to defeat fraud, 
the judges shall direct the offending horse to start again, 
but none but the offending horse shall be distanced in 
such a heat, except for foul driving. If the judges in a 
concluding heat find that a collision involved a fradulent 
object, they may declare that heat void. (35; 

72. Distances— In all races of heats and weights, 
the Distance Stand shall be the following distance from 
the winning post : 

Mile heat>=, 80 yards. 

Mile heats, 3 iii 5, 100 yards. 

Two-mile heats, 150 yards. 

Three-mile heats, 220 yards. 

In heats of not over one mile, wherein eight or more 
horses start, the distance shall be increased one-half 
(37-1), but in any heat wherein the number of starters is 
reduced to less than eight the ordinary distance shall be 
restored. 

73. Horses Dist;ninMl.— All horses whose heads 
have not reached the distance stand as soon as the leach- 
ing horse reaches the winning post, shall be declaved dis- 
tanced and out of the race, except in cases otherwise pro- 
vided for, or the punishment of thn leading horse by 
setting him back for ruiniing, when it shall be left to 
the discretion of the judges, and if in any heat a hor.se 
shall distance all com[)etitors, the race will then be com- 
pleted. (37-2, 3) 



20 E^ULES AND REGULATIONS. 

- 74. Distance and Patrol Judges.— Tlie distance 
and patrol judges shall remain at their posts during the 
lieats and immediately after the close of each they shall 
r>epair to the jadges stand and report the horses that are 
distanced and all foul or improper conduct if any has oc- 
curred under their observittion, but in the absence of a 
distance Judge or on his failure to act, the judges of the 
race shall determine what horses are distanced. (27-1, 2) 

75. When no Distance. — In any heat which shall 
be won by a horse which has been protested thei-e shall 
be no distance to other horses except for fouls. (l<3-'i) 

7G Time. — In every contest for a premium, purse, 
stake or wager, or inA'olving admission fees, on any 
course or in the presence of a Judge or judges (which shall 
be known as a public race), (42) the two leading- 
horses shall be timed separately, (40-1) by the judges or 
some suitable person appointed by them to assist in that 
respect, the time being taken from the pole Ijorse or the 
horse selected to score by, (40-3) and if the heat is award- 
ed to either of said horses the time shall constitute a re- 
cord or bar as may be declared herein. (40-1) The time 
so taken shall be the official time, and should the winning 
liorse afterwards be ruled out of the race for fraud, or 
ineligibility he shall retain the record or bar such time 
imposes. (40-1) [28-1] 

77. Dead Heats. — A dead lieat shall be counted in 
the race and shall be considered a heat which is undecid- 
ed as between the horses making it, and lost to all other 
horses contending therein and (32) in case of a dead heat 
the time shall constitute a record or bar for the horses 
making the dead heat, and if for any other cause the 
heat is not awarded to either of the leading horses, it 
shall be awarded to the next best horse, and no lime 
shall be given out or recorded against either horse, and 
the judges may waive the application of the distance rule 
in that heat except for foul driving. (40-2) 

7/^. Whit Ci>astitiite.5 A Re:?i)rJ. — A record can 
only hi mnle in a public ra33, the horse to trot of pace 
a full mile accor.ling to rule, and th3 tiui3 must be taken 
by at least two tlmBrs selected for th3 purpose, and the 
record of th3ir nan33 as well as the tim3 must be kept. 
(43-1) 



KULES AND REGULATIONS. 21 

79. Time A Bar — Time as otherwise taken on any 
track, except as otlierwise provided herein, (43-2) or in 
any public race, at an irregular distance, being a dis- 
tance less than a mile, or exceeding a mile, or when the 
track is short, shall constitute a bar, the latter as though 
the track was a full mile or the track measured full 
length (43-3 \ and if should appear to the National Court, 
upon investigation that any record has been fraudulently 
obtained, it shall be a bar instead of a record. (43-5) 



80. Time Not A Bar. — Where the purse does not 
exceed <|100, the time taken in the race shall in no case 
be a bar and where the purse exceeds |100 and does not 
exceed -'BiOO it shall only be a bar in races wdiere the purse 
is within such limitations, but to entitle the owners of 
animals to the benefits of this rule, it must be pub- 
lished in the conditions of the races that time previous- 
ly taken under Rule SO for small purses, will not be deem- 
ed a bar therein. Time made under the saddle or on the 
snow or ice, as well as time made where two or more 
horses are harnessed together, shall constitute a bar only 
for races of the same character. [44] 

81. Suppression of Time.— Any horse winning a 
heat or making a -dead heat in any public race wherein 
there was anv intentional suppression of time or misrep- 
resentation either in the record or the announcement of 
the time of any heat in the race, procured through any 
connivance, or collusive arrangement between the propri- 
etor, or judges, or timers, and the owner of the winning 
horse or his driver, or other authorized agent together 
with all of the parties implicated in the fraud, shall 
thenceforth be disqnalified to compete on the grounds of 
any member of the Bureau, and a fine of $100 shall be 
imposed upon any member on whose grounds this rule 
shall be violated, one half the fine to be paid the inform- 
er, upon recovery. (41) 

82. Annoiinclno: Heats— As soon as they are sat- 
isfied with the weights of the riders and drivers, and 
sufficient time has elapsed to receive the reports of the 
Disti-ici au I Patrol Ju U'3.s,th^ result of the hsats (-28-3), 
and the time thereof, shall be publically announced by 
the judges. [39] 



22 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

83. Time Between Heats— The time between 
heats shall be as follows : (33-1) 

Mile heats, 20 minutes. 

Mile heats, 3 in 5, 25 minutes. 

Two-mile heats, 30 minutes. 

Three-mile heats, 35 minutes. 

Four-mile heats, 40 minutes. 

After the first heat the horses stall be called five min- 
utes prior to the time of starting. (33-3) 

84.— Races Sandwiched. — Not more than two races 
shall be sandwiched, in the performances on one day, 
but when one race of the two has been finished another 
may be called on, and when races are sandwiclied, the 
first race shall be trotted out on time as far as practic- 
able. (33-2) 

85. Positions in Heats —A horse winning a heat 
shall take the pole, or inside position, the succeeding 
heat, and all others shall take the position assigned tliem in 
judging the last heat. When two or more horses make 
a dead heat, the horses shall start for the succeeding 
heat in the same positions with reference to the pole that 
they occupied at the finish of the dead heat. (29-7) And 
whenever each of the horses making the dead heat would 
have been entitled to terminate the race had he won the 
dead heat, they only shall start again. [32-2 

86 Ruled Out Horses — In heats of one, two, three, 
or four miles, a horse not winning one heat in three, 
shall not start for the fourth, and on heats, best three 
in five, a horse not winidng a heat in the first five shall 
not start for the sixth, unless sucii liorses have made a 
dead heat, but shall be considered as ruled out, and when 
ten or more horses start in a race, every horse not dis- 
tanced shall have the right to compete until the race is 
completed, subject however to the other penalties in 
these rules. (31) 

87.— Trottino: After Dark.— No heat shall l)e trot- 
ted when it is so dark that the gait of the hoises cannot 
be plainly seen by the judges from the stand, but all' such 
races shall be continued by the judges to the next fair 
day(omitting Sunday) at such hour as they shall desig- 
nate, and this rule shall apply to all purses, matches and 
stakes, unless otherwise agreed between the parties and 
the member. (19-1, 2) 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 23 

88. Winning Horses— A horse must win a major- 
ity of the heats which are required by the conditions of 
race, to be entitled to the purse or stakes, and unless 
otherwise provided in the published conditions of the 
race, a horse distancing all competitors in a heat 
shall receive the entire purse or stakes contended for. 
(36-1) (37-3) 

89. Other Horses Placed — When more than one 
horse remains in the race entitled to be placed at the 
finish of the last heat, their rank shall be determined 
according to the positions assigned them in the differ- 
ent heats -a horse winning two heats better than one win- 
ning one; a horse having won one heat being better than 
than one only making a dead heat; a horse winning one 
or two heats and making a dead heat better than one 
winning the same number of heats and not making a 
dead heat; a horse winning a heat or making a dead 
heat and not distanced in the race, better than a horse 
that has not won a heat or made a dead heat; a horse 
that has been placed second in one heat, better than one 
that has been placed third in any number of heats, and 
likewise as to third, fourth, &c., places, and the prem- 
iums sliall be awarded according to the rank of the 
horses so determined, and when two or more horses ap- 
pear in equal rank they shall share equally in the prem- 
iums won by them, (36-5) and unless otherwise specified 
in the published conditions, should there be a premium 
for which no horse has won and maintained a specified 
place, the same shall go to the winner, provided how- 
ever that the numbt-r of premiums awarded shall not ex- 
ceed the number of horses that started in the race, (36-2) 
and in case the above provisions shall not be specific as 
to second, third, &c., money, the judges of the race 
shall make the awards, according to the principles of 
these rules and their best judgment. (36-6) 

90. Rank of Distanced Horses.— Horses dis- 
tanced in the first heat of a race shall be equal, but horses 
that are distanced in any subsequent heat shall rank as 
to each other in the order of the positions to which they 
were entitled at the start of the heat in which they were 
distancded. (38) 

91. Purse;^ to Ruled Out Horses.— A horse ruled 
out, under Rules 85 and 86 shall be entitled to a share of 



24 RULES A>JD REGULATIONS. 

the purse or premiiiin according to his ranlv at the close 
of his last heat. (31,32-3) 

92. No Purse For A Walk Over.— No purse will 
be awarded for a walk over, but in cases where only one 
horse entered for a purse shall appear on the course, he 
shall be entitled to his own entrance money and to one 
half of that received from the other entries for the same 
purse. But this rule shall not applv to stakes and forfeits. 
(9) 

93. Matches Against Time. — When a horse is 
■matched against time it shall be proper to allow any oth- 
er horse to accompany him in the performance, but not 
to be harnessed or in any way attached to him, and un- 
less stipulated to the contrary, he shall be allowed three 
trials, and the trials shall all be on the same day, with 
the same time between them as is allowed between heats, 
at similar distances, and there shall be no recall after the 
word is given. [60-1, 2] 

94. Payment of Premiums.— Except otherwise 
provided in* the published conditions of the races, all 
premiums shall be due and payable as soon as the races 
shall close, but the member may retain from the premium 
won by any horse, before the payment of the same, all 
unpaid entry fees, fines, &c., for which the horse or his 
nominator may be liable. In case a horse has been protest- 
ed the member may retain his winning duiing the time 
allowed to investigate the charges preferred, or if before 
a premium has been paid, the members shall receive any 
information tending in their judgment to es- 
tablish fraud, they may withhold such premium 
without any formal protest, and should the decision of a 
race be appealed from the pren»ium so withheld shall be 
sent to the Bureau to be held thereat pending the in- 
vestigation. [16-8] and after notice of such ap})eal is 
given a member shall be liable for any other distribution 
of such premium. 

95. Premiums Wrongfully Obtained.— Any per- 
son obtaining a purse or stake throu;jh fraud or error 
shall return it to the Bureau, upon demand if within one 
year, or he with all parties implicated in the wrong shall 
be suspendid until such demand is complied with, and 
such purse or stake shall be awarded to the party enti- 
tled to the same, [lo"] 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 26 

96. Failure to Pay Preiniums.— ^^'he^ever it is 

made to appear to the nianagement of the Bureau that a 
member has failed to pay premiums won, within ten 
days after the same are due, he shall be suspended until 
such premiums paid or deposited with the Bureau to 
be paid out by it. (^Art. 7-8) 

97. Fines.— AH persons who have been fined under 
these rules, unless they pay the same on the day when 
imposed, shall be suspended until they are paid or 
deposited with the Bureau. All fines collected by mem- 
bers are payable by them to the Bureau, and shall be 
forwarded to it within one week from the time of their 
collection, or they will be liable to suspension until the 
same are so forwarded. (i9) 

98. Suspension Defined —Whenever the penalty 
of suspension is prescribed in these rules, if applied to a 
horse it shall be constructed to mean a disqualification 
during the time of suspension to compete in any race, 
and if to a person to mean a conditional withholding of 
all right or i)rivilege to make an entry, or to ride, drive, 
train or assist on the course and grounds of any member 
of the Bureau, but this provision shall not be construed 
to relieve any nominator of a horse so disqualilied from 
the jiayment of the entry fee thus contracted without 
any right to compete in the race. (51-1) The suspen- 
sion or ex[>ulsion of a member shall include tlie track oc- 
cupied by such member as its propei-ty. (Art. ll-o) 

99. Expulsion Defined,— Whenever the penalty 
of expulsion is prescribed in these rules, it shall be con- 
strued to mean unconditional exclusion and disqualifica- 
tion from any participation in the pi-ivileges and uses of 
the course and grounds of any member of the Bureau. 
(51-3) 

100. Compromise of Penalties— No change or 
compromise shall be made by the judges oi* member in 
the manner of punishment prescribed in these rules, but 
the same shall be strictly enforced, but members may 
accept settlements of suspended dues, and the penalties 
in such cases shall be reduced in proportion. (')()) No 
penalty of exi)ulsion foi- fraud shall be remov«Ml or modi- 
fied after confirmation by the National Court. (51-4) 



26 KULES AND REGULATIONS. 

101. Limitations. — If no limit is fixed in an order of 
suspension, and none is given in tiie rules providing for 
the same, the punishment shall be considered as limited 
to the season in which the order was issued. (51-2) 

In case of the death of either the party or liorse, all 
engagements except forfeits and matches made play or 
pay, including obligations for entrance fees, shall be 
void* (10) AH suspensions imposed upon horses for 
the non-payment of entrance fees shall be barred by limi- 
itation at the expiration of six years ?rom the date of 
their imposition, as per the records of the Association; 
but such release of a horse shall not operate as a release 
of the owner. (51-7) 

After any member has been suspended or expelled, or 
has allowed its membership to expire, and has not been 
restored or renewed to membership for a period of three 
continuous years, all unremoved suspensions for unpaid 
entrance fees imposed by such member, may be cancel- 
led on the records of the Bureau. (XI-2) 

10}i. O'licial Rftcorl— The Clerk of each course, 
shall keep in the book provided for that purpose, an ac- 
count of their races in the form prescribed therein ; that is 
first, horses entered, and the names of the riders oi* dri- 
vers, next, the starting horses and the positions assigned 
them, then a record of each heat, giving the position of 
each horse at the finish, then the official time of each 
heat, and, at the end, an official summary of the race, 
giving the drawn, distanced, and ruled out horses, and 
all pi'otests, fines, penalties, and appeals, if there be any, 
which book shall be signed by the judges, and shall con- 
stitute the official record. (Xlll-o) 

108. Report of Races.- -It shall be the duty of 
each member to furnish the Bureau, within one week of 
the close of each meeting with a copy of the official record 
on the blanks furnished, and a report containing an of- 
ficial summary of each race had at such meeting, giving 
date, the amount or value of each purse, match, or 
sweepstakes, the full terms and conditions of the race, 
the list of entries tha-t were received, the positions of the 
horses in each heat, the drawn, distanced and ruled out 
horses, the names of all persons and horses that have 
been fined, suspended or expelled, together with the 
amount of the fines, and terms of suspension, the official 
time of each heat, the names of the judges, and such 



RULES AND REGULATIONS 27 

notes and remarks as are necessary for the understaning 
of the whole. (XII-4) 

104. Notices to Members.— As soon as the reports 
required in the last Rule have been received at the Bu- 
reau, notice of the penalties that have been imposed by 
the member making the report, shall be at once trans- 
mitted to each associated member, or a notice thereof 
shall be printed in some official paper of the Bureau,. 
copies of which are provided for every such member. 
And thereupon the offender shall be debarred from any 
and every privilege such penalty inflicts, on any course 
of a member of the Bureau. And any member allowing 
their track to be used by an expelled man or horse after 
actual receipt of such notice, shall be subject to a fine of 
not exceeding -flUO. 



RULES GOVERNING 

RUNNING RACES. 

(These rules are substantially the same as adopted by the Queen City 
Jockey Club and at Lexington, Ky.) 

105. Previous Rules.— Except where other pro- 
A'ision is made in the following' riile.s, running races shall 
be governed by the rules already given relating to speed 
contests. 

106. A^e. — A horse's age is reckoned from the first 
day of January following the lime of foaling. 

107. Untried and Maiden Horses.— An untried 
stallion or mare is one where the produce has never won 
a registered prize in any country. A maiden horse or 
mare is one that has never won a registered piize in any 
country. 

108. Races. — When a match or sweepstakes is 
made and no distance is mentioned it shall be that which 
is usually run by horses of the same age as those en- 
gaged, viz.: Jf two years olds, one mile; if three year 
old, two miles; if four year olds, three miles; if five 
year olds and upward, four miles, and if the horses be of 
diiferent ages the distance shall be fixed by the age of 
the youngest. 

If the meeting be specified and no day mentioned for 
the race it shall be run on any day of that meeting which 
the member may appoint. 

109. Qualification.— Where there are any partic- 
ular conditions required as a qualification to start, it 
shall be sufficient if the horse is qualified at the time 
set for the closing of nominations. If a brood mare en- 
gaged in a produce stake drops her foal before the first 
of January, or has a dead foal, or more than one, or is 
barren, the nomination is void. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 29 

110. Dress and Colors. — All riders must be 
dressed in jockey custume — usually caps and jacket of 
silk or satin, breeches of white corduro}', cords, flannel 
or buckskin, and top boots. 

111. Stakes. — All stakes shall be put into the 
hands of the Secretary of the member before the riders 
are weighed and on their deposit the right to forfeit 
ceases. 

112. Weisihts. — Tn all races of heats where dis- 
tance is maintained, unless otherwise specified,the weights 
shall be as follows: 

Two year olds, in stakes exclusively for them 100 lbs. 
Two " " in other laces 86 lbs. 

Three '' *' in stakes exclusively for them 105 lbs. 
Three '* " in other races 95 lbs. 

Four " " in all races 110 lbs. 

Five " " in all races 115 lbs. 

Six '' " and upwards in all races 118 lbs. 

Three pounds shall be allowed to mares and geldings. 
Feather weights shall be considered seventy-five pounds. 
Welter weights shall be twenty-eight pounds added to 
the respective weight for age. 

113. Extra Wi'iirhts and Allowances.— When 

it is the condition of any race that the horses shall 
carry extra weight for winning a certain number of 
prizes during the year, or be allowed weight for having 
beeu beaten a certain number of times during the year, 
such winnings and losings shall date from the first day 
of January preceding, and shall extend to the time of 
starting liuless otherwise specified. 

114. On Weiirhtsand Wei^hina:— A jockey is 
required to show the weight that his horse is about to 
carry at the usual place of weighing, at least ten minutes 
before the race, unless excused for some special reason. 
The jockey is to be weighed with all of the equipments 
of his horse, except the bridle, which it is optional with 
him to weigh, unless required to do so by the judges, 
but nothing shall be weighed off that has not been weigh- 
ed on. No whip or substitute for a whip shall be allow- 
ed in the scales in order to make weight, but if one has 
been carried by the jockey, its weight shall be noted by 
the judges, to ascertain that its weight is not such as to 



30 RULES AND REGULATION?. 

disqualify tlie liorpe. Weights shall not be made by 
wetting the blankets placed on or under the saddle. Un- 
til a jockey is ordered to dismount lie must not suffer 
any person to touch or }iut cover on his horse, and be- 
fore weighing he is forbidden to touch anything beyond 
the equipments of liis iiorse. The jerson unsaddling the 
horse shall, :;s soon as ihe saddle and equi})ments are re- 
moved, hanu lliem to the rider, who sluill immediately 
carry them to the ^cale'to be weighed. Horses not 
bringing oui the weight shown befoie the race or within 
one pound oi it, shall be disqualified fiom winning the 
race; but the judges may make allowance for overplus oc- 
casioned by ex[iosure to rain and mud. 

115. Overweigiit. — Where weights and distances 
are maintained, each jockey shall be allowed two pounds 
and no more, above the weight specified for his horse to 
carry (all allowances to which he is entitled being de- 
ducted), uidess a declaration of the extra weight that the 
horse is about to carry has been made to the judges, at 
least ten minutes before the I'ace, which shall be an- 
nounced, but in no case shall a horse be allowed to start 
can-ying more than ten pounds overweight, unless the 
judges should be unable to decide before the race, to 
what penalties the horse is liable or to what allowances 
he is entitled, in which case he may start with any 
weight that his owner may think proper to put up. No 
horse can be disqualified for winning on account of over- 
weight with which he has been allowed to start. 

116. Starting*. — The horses shall be taken back at 
least thirty jards from the stand, behind a line diawn 
across the course. From that point they shall come on a 
walk, if possible, attended oidy by the riders, and when 
the horses shall be in propei- position, the starting jiulge 
shall tap the drum, or make other appropriate signal for 
the start, and no recall shall be made after the signal.' 
Should a false start be made, the hoi'ses shall be taken 
behind the line again and brought up by the i-iders in the 
same manner. The judge may give the signal for the 
start at any time that he finds the horses in position be- 
hind the string, and may give a start although the 
horses may not come to the stand on a walk, if in his 
judgment he sees fit so to do. Uniuly and vicious horses- 
may be assigned any posit-ion at the start deemed neces- 
sary for the safety of other horses and riders, and thi). 



RULES AND REGULATIONS, 31 

judges may call an assistant to start such a horse. 
Should any rider intentionally let his horse break away 
while the start is bein,;^ made, causing a false start, or in 
any way refuse to obey the orders of the judges, he may 
be fined five dollars for each offence, and may be sus- 
pended or expelled. 

117. Aids ill SUrtinr.— No person shall be per- 
mitted to turn or lead a horse to the post, save with the 
consent of the judges. The horses shall be started by 
their jock-^ys, and no p u'son shall strike a horse to get 
him from the post, or during the running of a race, nor 
shall any person stand in the track to point out a })ath 
for the rider. 

118. Falsf^ Starts. — When a false start is made, no 
horse making the false start, or any horse remaining at 
the post, shall have clothes thrown upon him, or water 
given, or his mouth sponged out; nor shall the rider be 
permitted to dismount; hut the horses shall be started 
as soon as brought back to the post. Horses making a 
false start shall return to the post by the shortest way; 
and if the starter perceives that a longer way is taken, 
he shall not delay the start for them, and the rider may 
b'^, fined or suspended at the discretion of the judges. 
When a false start is made and the horse refuses to re- 
turn to the post, the startei- may permit him to be led 
back beiiind the post and then let loose. 

119. Boflltins;. — If n-'iv hors"^ shall riin from the 
course into the field, hn shall he disqualified from win- 
ning the race, although he may come out ahead, uiiless 
he turn and enter the course at the point from which he 
swerved. 

120. Riders Falling. — If a rider falls from a horse 
while riding a heat or I'ace, and another ]>erson of suf- 
ficient weight ride him in, no penalty shall be exacted 
for the overweight, and the horse shall not be distpiali- 
fied from winninng, if brought back to the spot where 
the rider fell. 

121. Void Heats and Races.— If the start takes 
place on the wrong side of the starting post, or if no 
person officially appointed occupies the judges' stand, 
the heat or race is void and must be run again, in twenty 
minutes if the distance is two miles, and in thirty min 
utes if over two miles. 



32 RULES AND REGULATIONS 

122. A Fair Rac** — Every horse shall run a bona 
fide race. If any horse shall run to lose, or there be a 
compromise or agreement between any two persons 
starting horses, or their agents, or grooms, not to oppose 
each other upon a prouii-^^-d division of the purse, or any 
persons shall run their horses with a determination to 
oppose jointly, any ot!h-r horse in the race, upon satis- 
factory proof thereof, th- judges shall award the purse 
to the next best horse, and the offenders shall be ruled oft'. 

123. Ruled Out Horses.— In heats best two in 
three, a horse not winn.ing one of the first two heats 
shall not be allowed to start for a third heat; and in 
best three in five a horse not winning a heat in the first 
three shall not be allowed to start for a fourth. In athree- 
in-five race any horse losing three heats after win- 
ning a heat shall not be entitled to start again in the 
race. Horses so prohibited from starting shall be 
deemed ruled out and shall not placed. 

124. Dead Heats. — If in a race of heats a dead heat 
is run, and the winning of the heat by any of the horses 
making the dead heat would have terminated the race, 
then only the horses running the dead he;it shall start 
for another heat, and all the other horses shall be ruled 
out of the race. If for any race not to be run in heats, 

' the first two or njore horses shall run a dead heat, those 
horses shall only run for sucii prize over- again, after the 
last race on the same day, but at an interval of not less 
than 30 minutes. The other horses which started are 
deemed losers, and are entitled to their respective places, 
as if the race had been finally determined tiie first time. 

125. Dividing After a Dead Heat— When horses 
run a dead heat tor a place in any race not run in heats, 
the owners ot" the hoi'ses making the dead heat may agree 
to divide the prize or stakes for the place, and thus ter- 
minate the race, unless otiierwise specified ; but the 
terms of the division must be made known to the mem- 
ber. When such division is made eacli liorse shall be 
3onsidered a winner as to penalties. 

12(). Distances. — The distances shall be as follows: 
In heats of one mile, 50 yards. 

" " " two miles, 60 " 

'' '' " three " 80 " 

" " " four '^ 100 " 



RULES AND REGULATIONS 33 

127 Disqualified Horses.— In running a race of 
heats, horses disqualift'^d from winning are held to be 
distanced, and in other races are not to be placed. 
When a horse coming in first is disqualified, the heat or 
race shall be awarded to the next best horse which is 
qualified. 



REMEDIAL. 

128. Sessions of Courts.— The District Court 
shall hold quarterly sessions, at some convenient point 
within the District, to be determined by the National 
Court, begining on the first Monday of each of the 
months, January, April, July and December. 

The National Court shall hold at least two sessions 
each year at such place as it may determine, the first 
session beginning on the last Monday of January, and 
the second on the first Monday of October. 

129. Removal of Penalties By 3Ienil)ers. — Any 

member shall have the right to remove or modify the de- 
cision of its judges in any race upon its course wherein 
suspension alone is imposed, but they shall exercise no 
such authority in cases of fines or expulsions. (52-1) 

130. Right of Appeal. — Any interested person, 
feeling aggrieved by any of the decisions or rulings of 
the judges in any race upon the grounds of a member of 
this Bureau, involving the proj er interpretation and ap- 
plication of these rules, or the determination of any 
question of fact wherein a fine, suspension or expulsion has 
been imposed, or the action of any member in relation 
thereto, may at any time within one week from the close 
of the Tupeting at which the same was imposed, unless 
otherwise provided in th':'se Rules and Regulations, take 
an a|>peal froui such decision to the District Court of the 
District wherein the juember is located. 

1 .' J 1 . Pi'Of*ecliiro.--Any person desiring to appeal 
as aforesaid, shall file a complaint with the ju,dge of the 
District setting forth the eri-ors complained of, within 
the'tinie prescribed in the last Rule. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS, , 35 

1 32. Fees— The Fee for appeal shall be $10, which 
miist, be paid to the judge when the petition is filed, and 
he shall be entitled to a further lee of -fo per day for each 
and every day after the first, that he has engaged in the 
trial of the same cause, to be paid by the applicant on the 
day for which they are due, before any services are ren- 
dered, if so required. In all cases each party shall pay 
his own costs of securing testimony, affidavits, &c. 

133. Notice. — Upon the filing of a petition and the 
payment of the fee, the party so appealing shall imme- 
diately give notice in writing to the member of such ac- 
tion, and furnish them at tiie same time with a copy of 
the complaint, and if the complaint is to be heard before 
i\w, following term of the Court, the notice must specify 
the time and place of the hearing and be served at least 
10 days prior thereto. A copy of the notice with an af- 
fidavit of the time and manner of service must be filed 
with the Court, by the appellant before the hearing. In 
all cases where the decision appealed from is the decision 
of a race, exceptions to the ruling must be filed with the 
judges as soon as the decision is made or the member 
will not be responsible for a second payment of any 
premium that may have been paid by them before the 
exceptions are filed. 

134 Time of Heariiiir.— All complaints shall be 
for hearing at the next session of tiie Court after the fil- 
ing of the complaint, unless ten days will not elapse be- 
tween the date of the filing of the complaint and the- first 
day of the session, if both parties do not agree to have 
the same heard at suchtei-m; provided however that a 
judge, upon cause being shown at the time that a com- 
plaint is filed, that there is urgent necessity therefor, at 
any time not less than ;30 days previous to the regular 
session of the Court, may grant a special hearing and fix 
a day therefor, which shall not be less than 15 days from 
the day of granting the same. 

135. Trial.— The complaints shall betaken up in 
the order which they were filed, except for good cause it 
be varied. The hearings shall be upon affidavits, briefs, 
and written arguments, uidess an order of the Court be 
obtained allowing oral testimony and argument, of which 
the opposite party must have had at least five days no- 
tice. And in case it be made to appear to the Court 



36 RULES AKt) FEGULATIONP. 

that a proper decision cnmiot otherwise be arrived at with- 
out great expense, the Coui't may hold such special ses- 
sion at or near the town oi- city where the decision com- 
plained of was made. But in such case the party apply- 
ing for a local trial must pay the judge's traveling fees at 
three cents per mile, to and from his place of residence. 

13G. Power to FilH» 'Jlie jS^ational Court shall 
examine all complaints filed against members of the Bu- 
reau, and take such me;isures to ascertain the truth or 
falsity of the charges as they deem proper, and they 
shall have authority to finp not to exceed »|100, suspend 
or expel any member who shall refuse or fail to obey the 
laws of the Association, or their orders, and in case such 
fine as they may impose is not paid, the member may be 
suspended until it is paid. (Art. Vll-o) 

187. Records. — The District Judge shall make a 
record of all complaints brought before him, and his de- 
cision thereon, and file a transciipt thereof with the Bu- 
reau within 30 days the same is heard. 

138. Decisions Reviewed. — Any interested per- 
son not sati.sfled with the decision of a District Court, 
upon any complaint submitted t«) it, may carry the same 
to the National Court for review, where the same shall be 
heard upon the same affidavits, briefs and argumer.ts as 
were used in the District Court, except that when oral 
testimony or aruuments have been given, affidavits to the 
to the same points as w^ere testified to oi-ally by the wit- 
nesses, and written arguments ma}' be used in lieu of 
such oral testimony and arguments. The person desiring 
such a review, must file a request for the same with the 
Bureau, within 30 days from the time when the decision 
was rendered, and accompany the same with a fee of 
$10, and thereupon notice of such filing shall be given to 
the Court below, who on receipt of the same, shall for- 
ward all papers pertaining thereto to the Bureau to be 
used in the final hearing. In cases where the National 
Court has original jurisdiction the complaint shall be 
filed with the Bureau, and like notice and proceedings 
shall be had as are required in the District Court. 

All decisions made by the National Court shall be 
final, unless a re-hearing shall be had as provided in 
Rule 139. 



RULES AM) REGULATIONS 37 

139. Relie.irlilA'S. — A re-hearinj? may be had in 
either court at any time upon such orouuds as the Court 
shall deem sufficient, of any complaint decided therein. 
But a motion for the saine must be filed within two 
years after the decision sou.u'ht to be reviewed was ren- 
dered, and notice shall be oiven of the pendency of such 
motion as in cases of complaints, and like fees paid. 

140. Reiiistatemont.— No reinstatement can be 
made in a case where notice of the suspension has been 
given to the Bureau, and in no case of a fine or expul- 
sion bavins' been imposed, except by the Bureau. Any 
person making an appeal from a decision imposing a fine 
of suspension for the non-payment of entry fees, may 
deposit the amount claimed with the Bureau, whereupon 
a temporary reinstatement will be made, pending action 
in the case. (52-3) 



INDEX. 

(Those titles followed by R refer exclusively to running races.) 

RULK 

ACCIDENTS, time allowed in case of 70 

Weights in cases of ." 46 

ADEJ^ESS of owners and nominators 19 

ADMISSION of members Page 1. 

AFFIDAVITS, used in trials 135 

AGE OF HORSE, how reckoned 5 

Running horses : 106 

AIDS IN STARTING, R 117 

ALLOWANCES, R 113 

AMENDMENT OF RULES Page 3. 

ANNOUNCEMENT OF HEATS, required 82 

ANSWER OF PROTEST 39 

APPEAL, when allowed 130 

Fees in cases of 132 

Time of hearing 134 

AUTHORITY OF JUDGES 51 

BAR, when time is 76 77 79 

When time is not 80 

BELL, rung at expiration of time between heats 36 

Rung before each race 52 

BETS, when may be declared off 48 53 

BOALTING, horses, R 119 

BREAKING, horses must be pulled to gait 60 

Gains in 61 

Repeated breaking 62 

BRIDLE, when weighed R 114 

CLERK OF COURSE, selection of 33 

Duties of 36 

Keeping official record 102 

COLLISIONS AND BREAK DOWN 71 

COLOR of animal given with nomination 19 

COLORS AND DRESS, R 110 

COLTS AND FILLIES, no discrimination in 16 

COMPLAINTS, by riders or drivers 67 

COMPROMISE of penalties 100 

CONDITIONAL ENTRIES .'..... 24 

CONDITIONS OF RACE, no deviation from...... 7 

Collusion in varying, punished 28 

CONDUCT ON TRACK 63 

COURTS, how constituted Page 2. 

Sessions of 128 

Special session, when 135 

DAM, name to be given with entry 21 

DARKNESS, no trotting in 87 



40 INDEX. 

DAY ,not named, R 108 

DEAD HFATS, positions 85 

Time in 77 

In running race.* 124 125 

DEATH OF HORSE, effect of 25 

DECISION, review of 138 

DECORUM 54 63 

DISGUISING HORSE, punished 29 

DISMOUNTING .-. 66 

DISQUALIFICATION 17 127 

DISTANCED HORSES, rank of 90 

DISTANCES, not named 6 

Wlien horses are distanced 73 

When no distance 75 

Waived, when 59 77 

In running races 126 

Not named, R... 108 

DISTANCE JUDGES, a selection of 33 34 

To report improper conduct 74 

DISTANCE STAND 72 

DISTRICTS, how constituted Page 2. 

DISTRICT COURT, how constituted Page 2. 

Appeal of cases to 130 

Method of appeal 131 

Records of 137 

Decisions of, reviewed 138 

DIVISION OF PURSE prohibited, when, R 122 

When allowed R 125 

DOSING HORSE.. 69 

DOUBLE TEAMS, how entered 22 

DRAWING FOR POSITIONS 56 

Of horses, notice to be given 37 

DRESS AND COLORS, R 110 

DRIVERS, complaints by 67 

When substituted 68 

Dismounting 66 

Conduct of, on track 63 

ELECTION OF JUDGES Page 2. 

ELIGIBILITY, starting but one horse 15 

All colts and fillies alike eligible 16 

Time, disqualification 17 

AVho eligible as judges 35 

Of horses after being drawn 37 

ENGAGEMENTS, sale of horse with 14 

Void in case of death 25 

ENTRANCE FEES, ten per cent, of purse 24 

When to be paid 26 

Liability for nonpayment of 27 

Forfeiture for refusal to answer protest .39 



INDEX. 41 

ENTRIES, how made 19 23 

How many required 30 31 

Hour of closinpr 18 

Identification marks required 21 

Names of sire and dam required 21 

Double teams 22 

When deemed made 23 

Reserved entries, when allowed 24 

When horse's name has been changed 20 

Fraudulent, how punished 29 

List of, prepared, and when published 32 

ERRORS, in recalling horses after word 59 

In awarding purses 95 

EXPULSION, for improper driving 68 

For intentional collision 71 

Defined 99 

Limitation of 101 

Appeal from order of 130 

FAILURE, to pay premiums 96 

To appear promptly on call of horses 52 

FAIR RACE, to be run 122 

FALSE PROTEST punished 42 

FALSE STARTS, R 116 118 

FEATHER WEIGHTS, R 112 

FEE, for membership. Page 1. 

For Identification Certificate Page 3. 

Liability for fees 25 

When to be paid 26 

Liability for nonpayment 27 

In cases of appeal 132 

FILLED RACE, what is 30 

FINES, pajable to Bureau 97 

Appeals from decisions imjjosing 13 

Of members by National Court 136 

FORFEITS in case of death of horse 25 

FOULS, complaints of before dismounting 67 

Defined 69 

FOUL DRIVING 69 

FRAUDS 68 69 

Intentional collisons 71 

FRAUDULENT ENTRY, how punished 29 

GREEN HORSE, defised 4 

"GO AS THEY PLEASE" 8 

GOVERNMENT of running races 105 

HANDICAPS, defined '. 10 

Weights in 47 

HEARINGS, before courts on appeals , 134 

HEATS, time between 83 

Position of horses in 85 



42 INDEX. 

When character not specified 6 

Announcement of # 82 

HOLDING BACK, how punished 57 

HOMESTRETCH, positions on 64 

HORSES, age of, how determined 5 

Age of, how determined. R 106 

Shall have a name 3 

Names changed, how 20 

How drawn from race ; 37 

Must appear promptly , 52 

How placed 89 

Distancing field concludes race 7 

. ** " purse for 88 

Run to lose, R 122 

HORSES BREAKING, how treated 60 61 62 

IDENTIFICATION MARKS, given with entry 21 

IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATES Page 3. 

Fraudulent, how punished 29 

In cases of protest 39 

IDENTITY, concealment of 29 

Of nominator to be established 53 

IMPROPER DRIVING 68 

IMPROPER LANGUAGE 54 

INTERFERING, to prevent horse passing 64 

1 RREGULAR RACES, time taken in 79 

.lOCKEY COSTUME, R 110 

JUDGES OF RACE, number of ; 33 

How!.'l cted 34 

Eligibility of persons 35 

Authority of 51 

Dr.ties fis to weighing 44 47 48 

To draw for position of horses 56 

• 'ailing out breaks 62 

J)uty as to frauds and fouls : 69 

Must juinounce time and heats 82 

JUDGES OF COURTS, election of Page 2. 

JUDGES' STAND 50 

JURISDICTION OF COURTS Page 2. 

KEEPING POSITIONS 63 

LEADING HORSE, entitled to track ; 63 

LENGTH OF COURSE 2 

LIMITATIONS, os to penalties 101 

LIST OF ENTRIES, prepared and published, when 32 

LOUD SHOUT 1N(4 63 

MANDATE 1 

MAIDEN HORSES. R 107 

MAIL, entries by 23 

MATCHES, against time 93 

MATCH RACE, governed, how 12 



INDEX. 43 

Weights in 44 

MEMBERSHIP Page 1. 

MISTAKES, in weights 46 

NAME, horses must have .3 

How changed 20 

NATIONAL COURT, how constituted Page 2. 

Sessions of..... ,. 128 

Power to fine , 136 

To review decisions 138 

NOMINATIONS, how made 19 

NOTICES, how given to members 104 

In cases of appeal 133 

OATH, for answer of protest 39 

OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE, punislied 54 

OFFICERS OF COURSE, who comprise 33 

Selection of 34 

Who eligible 35 

OFFICIAL TIME 7H 

OFFICIAL RECORD 102 

OVERWEIGHTS 48 115 

PAINTING HORSE, how punished 2^) 

PASSING TO THE LEFT...*.... 55 

PATROL JUDGES how appointed„ 34 

To report improper conduct 74 

PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS 94, 

PENALTIES, no compromise of lOD 

No removal by members.. 129 

PLACING HORSES ^9 

"PLAY OR PAY." when race becomes ];> 

Fees in case of death 25 

POLE HORSE, selected to score by 57 

POOLS AND BETS, off, when 53 

POSITIONS, on track, and altering 03 

On homestretch <U 

In heats 85 

POSTPONEMENTS 43 

PREMIUMS, payment of 94 

How divided in unfilled race 31 

Retained when horse protested 40 94 

To ruled out horses 91 

To horse distancing field 88 

Wrongfully obtained 95 

Failure to pay i'O 

PROTESTS, how made 38 

Answer of, and form of -^9 

False, how punished *- 

No distance when ""^ 

Withdrawal of, when allowed 41 

PUBLIC RACE, what is... 70 



44 INDEX. 

PULLING, prohibited 68 

PURSE RACE, defined U 

PURSE See Premiums. 

QUALIFICATION 17 109 

RACE, conditions not specified 6 

Filled, when 30 

Unfilled, how purse may be divided 31 

Sandwitching race 84 

Report of '. 103 

When no distance or day named, R 108 

RECALLING, none after word given 59 

RANK OF DISTANCED HORSES 90 

RECORD, what constitutes 78 

In dead heats 77 

RECORDS of District Court 137 

REDUCTION OF PURSE, unfilled races 31 

REFUSAL to answer protest 39 

REINSTATEMENTS 140 

REMOVAL OF PENALTIES by members 129 

REPORTS OF RACES 103 

RESERVED ENTRIES; how made 24 

How count in filling race 30 

REVIEW OF DECISIONS 138 

RIDERS, falling, R (see Drivers) 120 

• RULED OUT HORSES, what are 86 

Purses to 91 123 

RUNNING, horse set back for 73 

RUNNING RACE, how governed 105 

SALE OF HORSE with engagements 14 

SANDWICHING RACES 84 

SCORING 57 

SERVICE OF NOTICE, in appeals 133 

SESSIONS OF COURT 128 

SEX, given with nomination 19 

SHOUTING, and improper noises 63 

SIRE, given with nomination 21 

SPONGING 58 

STAKES, put in Secretary's hands HI 

STARTING, but one horse 15 

No standing starts 59 

In running races 116 

STARTERS in dead heats 85 

STRIKING, another horse prohibited 63 

SUBSTITUTION of another driver 68 

SUPPRESSION OF TIME 81 

SUSPENSION, defined 98 

For nonpayment of fees 27 

For foul driving .'. 69 

Of members for nonpayment of premiums 96 



INDEX. 45» 

Limitation of 101 

Appeal from decision imposing 130 

SWEEPSTAKES RACE, defined 9 

SWERVING, to impede progress of another horse 63 

TRANSCRIPT, from District Court 137 

TAMPERING WITH HORSES 69 

TIME, allowed in case of accident 70 

How taken 7(5 

When disqualifies ., 17 

Is a record or bar 76 

In dead heats 77 

When a record 78 

When a bar 79 

When not a bar 80 

Suppression of 81 

Allowed between heats 83 

TIMERS, appointed, how 76 

TRACK, to be vacated when horses called 52 

TRIALS 185 

TROTTING AFTER DARK 87 

UNPRINCIPLED CONDUCT punished 69 

VOID HEAT, for fruadulent collision 71 

WALK-OVER, no purse for 92 

WARNING, when not necessary 65 

WEIGHTS AND WEIGHING 44 45 

In running races 112 114 

Mistakes and accidents in 46 

In handicaps and matches 47 

WHIPS, length of allowed 49 

Improper u.se of punished (i'i 



BETTING RULES. 



A code of Betting Rules, 32 in number, was adopted 
by the Congress of the National Trotting Association in 
1870 as a factor in correcting the abuses, and promoting 
the objects sought by that Association. These were re- 
vised by a committee appointed by that body, and their 
report, being the present code of 31 Betting Rules, was 
adopted at the session of 1871, and since that time, they 
have been the standard of authority among sporting and 
turfmen. 

They form no part or these rules but are published 
here for the convenience of those who may have occasion 
to consult them, a work of this kind not being deemed 
complete without them. 

Xo. 1- All pools and bets must follow the main 
stakes, purse, or other prize, as awarded by the decision 
of the judges, except in cases where the horse that comes 
in first is found to be disqualified, or the bets are declar- 
ed off for fraud or collusion. 

No. 2. If the race is postponed, it shall not affect the 
pools or bets that may have made on it. They shall 
stand until the race comes off, unless the contrary shall 
be agreed on between the parties betting; provided the 
race takes place within five days of the time first named; 
after which time all bets and pools are drawn, unless 
made play or pay. 

No. 3. When any change is made in the conditions 
of a race, all pools and bets maid previous to the an- 
nouncement of the change shall be null and void. 

No. 4. AVhen a bet is made on one horse against the 
field, he must start or the bet is off, and the field is what 
starts against him; but there is no field unless one starts 
against him. 



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No. 5. In pools and betting, the pool stands good for 
fill the horses that start in the race; but for those horses 
that do not start the money must be returned to the 
purchaser. 

No. 6. In races made play or pay, outside bets are 
not ma!de play or pay unless so made by the parties. 

No. 7. All bets are void on the decease of either 
party, but in case a horse should die, play or pay bets 
made on him stand. 

No. 8. If a bet is made on any number of straight 
heats, and there is a dead heat made, the heats are not 
straight, and the party betting on straights loses. 

No- 9. If in any case the Judges declare a heat null 
jind void, it does not aifect the bets asjn case of a dead 
Jieat as to winning in straight heats. 

No. 10. When a race is coming oif , and a party bets 
that a heat will be made in two minutes and thirty sec- 
onds ('2.30), and they make two thirty (2.30) or less, he 
would win. If he bets they will beat two minutes and 
thirty seconds (2.30), aiid they make exactly two thirty 
(2.30), he loses; but if he takes two minutes and thirty 
seconds (2.30) against the field, and they make exactly 
two thirty (2.30), it is a tie or draw bet. All time bets 
to be decided accordingly. 

No. 11. In a double event — where there is no action 
on the fi.rst race in order, in consequence of forfeit or 
other cause, the bet is oif; but where there is an action 
on the bet, and the party betting on the double event 
!-haIl have won the first, the bet shall then stand as a 
play 01- pay bet for the second event. 

No. 12. If a bet should be made during the contest 
of a heat that a named horse will win that heat and he 
makes a dead heat, the he'z is drawn, but if after the 
horses have passed the score, a party bets that a certain 
named horse has won the heat, and the Judges declare 
it a dead heat, the backer of the named horse loses. 

No. 13. In races between two or more horses, or a 
single dash at any distance, which result in a dead 
heat, it is a draw between the horses making the dead 
heat, and bets between them are off; and if it is sweep- 



BETTING RULES. 49 

stakes, the money of the beaten horses is to be divided 
between tlie horses making the dead lieat. 

No. 14. When a bettor undertakes to place the 
horses in a race, he must give a specified place, as first, 
second, third, and so on. The word "las-t" shall not be 
construed to mean ''fourth and distanced," if four 
start, but "fourth" only, and so on. A distanced horse 
must be placed "distanced." 

No. 15. Horses shall be placed in a race and bets de- 
cided as they are placed in tlie official I'ecord of the day; 
provided, that where a horse comes in first and it is after- 
ward found that he was disqualified for fraud, the bets 
on him shall be null and void, but pool-sellers and stake- 
holders shall not be held responsible. for moneys paid by 
them under the decision of the Judges of the race. 

No. 16, Bets made during a heat are not determined 
until the conclusion of the race, if the heat is not men- 
tioned at the time. 

No. 17. Either of the bettors may demand stakes to 
be made, and, on refusal, declare the bet to be void. 

No. 18. Outside bets cannot be declared off on the 
course unless that place was named for staking the 
money, and then it must be done by filling such decla- 
ration in writing with the Judges, who shall read it from 
the stand before the race commences. 

No. 19. Bets agreed to b3 paid or received, or bets 
agreed to be made or put u;) elsewhere than at the place 
of the race, or any other specified place, cannot be de- 
clared off on the course. 

No. 20. Bets on horses disqualified and not allowed 
to start are void, unless the bets are play or pay. 

No. 21. A bet cannot be transferred without the con- 
sent of parties to it, except in pools. 

No. 22. When a bet is made on a horse's time, it 
shall be decided by the time made in a public race, he 
going single and carrying his proper weight. 

No. 23. When a horse makes time on a short track it 
shall not constitute a record for the decision of bets. 



50 BETTING RULES. 

No, 24. Horses that are distanced or drawn at the 
conchision of a heat, are beaten in the race by those that 
start afterward. A horse that is distanced in a heat is 
beaten by one drawn at the termination of the same heat. 

No. 25. When a man lays odds and intends to take the 
field against a single horse, he must say so, and the other 
party will choose his horse. When a man undertakes to 
name the winner, whether he bets odds or takes odds, he 
must name some one horse. 

No. 26. All bets relative to the purse, stake or match, 
if nothing to the contrary is specified at the time of 
making the bet. 

No. 27. Parties wishing all the horses to start for a 
bet, must so name it at the time the bet is made. 

No. 28. When the .judges declare a heat null and 
void, all bets on that heat shall stand for decision on the 
next heat. 

No. 29. All pools and bets shall be governed and de- 
cided by these rules, unless a stipulation to the contrary 
shall be agreed upon by the parties betting. 

No. 30. Should any contingencies occur not provided 
for by these rules, the Judges of the day shall decide 
them. 

No. 31. When a horse which has not been sold in the 
pools wins the race, the best horse sold in the pools wins 
the money. 



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